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Last week I asked both Twitter and Cohost for their favorite Wikipedia lists. I have gathered my favorites of the responses below.

• Obsolete Occupations (thanks Amagire)
• Timeline of the far future and List of future astrotomical events (thanks Sam)
• List of river name etymologies (thanks everest)
• List of generic and genericized trademarks (thanks Luke Beeman)
• List of impossible puzzles (thanks PodPlz)
• List of mythological objects (swords) (thanks HappierKindaSad)
• List of mottos and halls of the livery companies (thanks hownottodraw)
• Works based on dreams (thanks jethomes)
• List of films that most frequently use the word fuck (thanks thehonorable)
• List of breads (thanks ciitrusprince)
• List of fish common names (thanks doeantlers)
• List of inventors killed by their own invention (thanks lyzidiamond)
• My personal favorite, List of generic forms in place names in Ireland and the United Kingdom

Finally, these three were suggested by basically everyone:

• List of animals awarded human credentials
• List of lists of lists
• List of unusual deaths

Sorry I haven’t been updating much lately! I’m going to try to do these weekly in 2023, even if I don’t have a lot of things to link.

• New year means new works entering the public domain! This year’s big get is Sherlock Holmes, which has been under the thumb of a shitty estate for ages. Other works that stood out to me looking at the list include Goodnight Moon, The Jazz Singer, and Metropolis. Also, the designs of the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge are now in the public domain, so I guess you can, uh, make more of those?
• Sometimes I just go through the Wikimedia Commons Pictures of the Day and look at good pictures.
• I cannot vouch for the quality of these because I don’t have a bearded dragon to test them on, but this is a website that sells tiny hats, wigs and other costumes for bearded dragons and other pet reptiles. You’re welcome.

Sorry I’ve not been posting Monday updates for a bit! Preparing for Black Friday and then having Black Friday was a lot.

• Defunctland has a great new video out about the Disney Channel 4-note sting that plays at the end of their self-promo commercials. This, like most Defunctland videos, sounds kind of boring. It’s actually extremely interesting. I know it’s hard to sell a 1 and a half hour YouTube documentary about the Disney channel but I swear to god this is worth it.
• I finally caught up with Friends at the Table. Now is a good time to jump in with Partizan, since the sequel season, Palisade, is starting soon. It’s a mech anime actual play podcast, meaning they play a Dungeons and Dragons style game that tells a story. If you like giant robots, drama and feelings, it’s a great jumping in point.
• I found a whole bunch of public domain photos of Earth taken from on board the ISS space station. They’re all public domain, so you can use them for whatever.

I don’t have anything else, I’ve been super busy! Hope everyone’s having a great December so far.

I have a Monday Roundup for y’all, but I don’t think it sent out properly, so I’m posting again, so you see this, at least.

Sorry, I’m not used to doing this yet!